Car-seat and guard.



PATENTED MAR. 7, 1905.

C. K. PIGKLES.

CAR SEAT AND GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.10,1904

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CAR SEAT AND GUARD.

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PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES K. PIOKLES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A. BRILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-SEAT AND GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0, 784,428, dated March '7, 1905.

Application filed February l 1904. Serial No. 192,989.

To (all whom, it may concm'm Be it known that I, OuARLEs K. PIGKLES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats and (.i'uards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a car with a seat with a reversible back which is pivoted to a plurality of links at one end and a single link at its other end, such as is shown in the copending application of Samuel H. Ourwen, filed October 29, 1903, and serially numbered 179,105, with a grab-handle and guard which cooperates with the links to sustain the back. For a more particular description of one embodiment of my invention which accomplishes this object reference is to be had to the accompanying d rawings,forming a part hereof, in which-+- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a car with seats provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the grab-handle and guard. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the other side. Fig. 4 is asection taken on the line L 4 of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 5 is a perspective view taken inside the car and looking outward.

Throughout the various views similar reference characters designate similar parts.

As my improvements may be applied to many forms of seats, although more particularly to the type shown in the above-mentioned Ourwen application, I do not show the seat and back-supporting mechanism in detail further than is necessary to enable the operation of the improvements herein disclosed to be understood, but refer to the said application for a full and complete disclosure of these details. The seats 1 may be "of any suitable form and are preferably provided with cushions 2, which are supported in any suitable manner, as by legs and seat-panels from which stanchions or posts rise to support the car-roof. The backs 6, which are resaid backs and also to the panels.

or other ends of the backs 6 are supported by a plurality of identical links 8, which are pivoted to brackets 9, secured to the lower edge of the cushion 2, and also to heads 10, which are lixed to the inner ends of the backs 6 at their lower edges. As this structure has been described in said application, a more specific description is unnecessary here.

The seat as above described is suflicient for many purposes, but is not considered suliiciently strong for the strains incident to the use of careless or malicious persons. To overcome this dil'iiculty and also to provide a seat which will be of assistance to passengers getting on and off a car, I provide a guard and grab-handles II, which are pivoted tothe backs on their outer edges a little above their centers by cap-screws 12 and to the stanchions 5 by means described below.

The guard and grab-handles 11 each comprise a flat and perforated end portion 13, through which a screw passes and on which the guard 11 turns on the edge of the back 6.

Extendin outwardly and inwardl are the a .I

substantially parallel handles lt, which are separated sufliciently to enable the passengers to grasp either handle without interference by the other. The other ends of these handles 14 are united by a web 15, from which run the straight guides 16, whieh'are united by a second web 17, leaving a slot 18 between the webs 15 and 17 and guides 16, in which a stud 19 rests, so that the guard 11 may either slide or turn on the stud 19, which is lixed to the stanchion 5 in any suitable manner, as through a plate 20, which prevents abrasion of the stanchion by means of the guard 11.

\Vhen the back 6 is at the limit of its movement, the web 17 is snug against the stud 19,

so that the guard 11 acts as a support to reinforce the pivoted links 7 and prevent any excessive strain on them. While the back is being reversed the slot 18 permits the guard 11 to be moved on the stud 19 without interfering with the action of the links 7 and 8, as indicated in Fig. 5. Other advantages of my improved structure are that the grab-handles on the stanchions may be and preferably are omitted, thereby making a better appearance when the car is closed for Winter use and Which also forces passengers to face forward When getting off the car, because the grabhandle on the guard of the seat in front is the only one in reach of the passenger at this time, and as the passenger retains hold of the handle until ofi" the car he is obliged to face for- Ward when alighting from the car, thereby avoiding considerable liability to accident if the car should be prematurely started. Furthermore, this guard will also act as a safety device to prevent children and bundles from falling off the seat and car between the stanchion and back.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many others may be made, and so I do notconsider it as limited to the specific construction herein set forth, but regard it as broad enough to cover all devices Which come Within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a grab-handle for car-seats and cars comprising a pivotplate, two curved and substantially parallel handles extending therefrom, a Web uniting the ends of said handles, parallel guides extending from said Web and means for uniting said'gu'ides at their other ends.

2. Ina car or similar vehicle, a stanchion, a transverse seat having an end adjacent said stanchion, areversible back movably supported upon said seat or its support, and a guard havinga plurality of bars at one end and a slotted extension at the other, the guard being pivoted to the back adjacent said bars and movably supported by a stud on the stanchion engaging the slot of the extension.

Signed in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, this 4th day of February, 1904:.

CHARLES K. PIGKLES. 

